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Joan the Lame

1293 - 1349

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Joan of Burgundy (French: Jeanne; c. 1293 – 12 December 1349), also known as Joan the Lame (French: Jeanne la Boiteuse), was Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip VI. Joan ruled as regent while her husband fought on military campaigns during the Hundred Years' War in 1340, from 1345 to 1346 and in 1347. Her son John succeeded as king in 1350. She is the matriarch of the House of Valois, which ruled France from 1328, the beginning of her husband's reign, to 1589. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan the Lame is the 203rd most popular companion (down from 189th in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from France (up from 906th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Companion.

Joan the Lame is most famous for being a French heroine who fought in the Hundred Years War.

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Among companions, Joan the Lame ranks 203 out of 784. Before her are Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Bruttia Crispina, Arsinoe II, Tjuyu, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, and Clementia of Hungary. After her are Marie Henriette of Austria, Geraldine of Albania, Clarice Orsini, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Philippa of Lancaster, and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1293, Joan the Lame ranks 4. Before her are Philip VI of France, Philip V of France, and Clementia of Hungary. After her are Yesün Temür, John of Ruusbroec, Beatrice of Castile, Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, and Irene of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1349, Joan the Lame ranks 2. Before her is Bonne of Luxembourg. After her are Joan II of Navarre, James III of Majorca, Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, Luchino Visconti, Hamdallah Mustawfi, Thomas Bradwardine, Günther von Schwarzburg, Nicholas of Lyra, and Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joan the Lame ranks 902 out of 6,770. Before her are François Achille Bazaine (1811), Paul Mauriat (1925), Émile Borel (1871), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Theuderic II (587), and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974). After her are Lucien Laurent (1907), Gérard Mourou (1944), Charles Maurras (1868), Georges Rouault (1871), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), and Pierre Boulle (1912).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Joan the Lame ranks 25. Before her are Marie of Anjou (1404), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Julie Clary (1771), Margaret of Provence (1221), and Isabella of Angoulême (1188). After her are Eleanor of Provence (1223), Agnès Sorel (1422), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), and Sophie of France (1734).

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